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Diligence vs Patient - What's the difference?

diligence | patient |

As nouns the difference between diligence and patient

is that diligence is conscientiousness or determination or perseverance when doing something while patient is patient, someone who receives therapeutic treatment.

diligence

Noun

(en noun)
  • conscientiousness or determination or perseverance when doing something
  • A public stage-coach. (19th century, now used only in reference to France or other European countries including Great Britain.)
  • * 1818 , , Volume 1, Chapter V:
  • Continuing thus, I came at length opposite to the inn at which the various diligences and carriages usually stopped.
  • * {{quote-book
  • , year=1879 , author= , title= , passage=Being in a civilised country of stage-coaches, I determined to sell my lady friend and be off by the diligence that afternoon.}}
  • (legal, Scotland) The process by which persons, lands, or effects are seized for debt; process for enforcing the attendance of witnesses or the production of writings.
  • Synonyms

    *

    Derived terms

    * due diligence

    Anagrams

    * ----

    patient

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Content to wait if necessary; not losing one's temper while waiting.
  • Be patient : your friends will arrive in a few hours.
  • Constant in pursuit or exertion; persevering; calmly diligent.
  • patient endeavour
  • * Sir Isaac Newton
  • Whatever I have done is due to patient thought.
  • (obsolete) Physically able to suffer or bear.
  • * Bishop Fell
  • patient of severest toil and hardship

    Synonyms

    * composed

    Antonyms

    * impatient * antsy

    Derived terms

    * patiently

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person or animal who receives treatment from a doctor or other medically educated person.
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  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, title=A better waterworks, date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838
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  • (linguistics, grammar) The noun or noun phrase that is semantically on the receiving end of a verb's action.
  • One who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient.
  • * Gov. of Tongue
  • Malice is a passion so impetuous and precipitate that often involves the agent and the patient .

    Antonyms

    * agent

    Derived terms

    * inpatient * outpatient * patient role * patient of something

    See also

    * -end

    Anagrams

    * ----